Box Office Performance for Science Fiction Movies in 1997

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1997 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Men in Black	Adventure	PG-13	$250,107,128	54,489,570	$391,235,113
2	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Action	PG-13	$229,074,524	49,907,304	$358,334,443
3	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	Adventure	PG	$138,133,173	30,094,373	$216,077,598
4	Contact	Drama	PG	$100,769,177	21,954,069	$157,630,215
5	Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back	Adventure	PG	$67,484,485	14,702,502	$105,563,964
6	The Fifth Element	Action	PG-13	$63,540,020	13,843,142	$99,393,760
7	Starship Troopers	Action	R	$54,251,668	11,819,536	$84,864,268
8	Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi	Adventure	PG	$48,063,790	10,471,414	$75,184,753
9	Alien: Resurrection	Action	R	$46,092,778	10,042,000	$72,101,560
10	The Relic	Horror	R	$33,927,476	7,391,607	$53,071,738
11	Event Horizon	Horror	R	$26,668,092	5,810,042	$41,716,102
12	Mimic	Horror	R	$25,454,187	5,545,575	$39,817,229
13	Rocket Man	Comedy	PG	$15,448,043	3,365,587	$24,164,915
14	The Postman	Action	R	$14,327,628	3,121,488	$22,412,284
15	Gattaca	Drama	PG-13	$12,275,272	2,674,351	$19,201,840
16	Mars Attacks!	Comedy	PG-13	$11,907,700	2,594,270	$18,626,859
17	Star Trek: First Contact	Adventure	PG-13	$6,846,411	1,491,593	$10,709,638
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,144,371,552
Total Tickets Sold					249,318,423
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,790,106,277

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 1997. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 1997. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 1996 will most likely earn money in 1996 and 1997. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Each box office year ends on the first Sunday of the following year. The next year starts the following day (Monday). For example, the "2004 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 2, 2005.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.